Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-12-16


nr Buisson. Of Paris, claims TO cure
hydrophobla 10y hot baths often repeated.
Ec makes the patient remain confinnsllv
IN hot ROOM and the baths are made "a
hot ~ lia dcgrecs.
The tube axis aud other machinery Of
tne greet Lick telescope, which Il 10 lee
placed In the Lick Observatory on Mount
itamiitou. Chi. hnvc hccn completed.
and shipped 20 California. The Object.
glts Is 20 inchrs Ia diameter. and tho
total weight OF the tolc cope Is IS tons.
Valuable anthracite coal finds arc bcinr
made on the Northern Pacific coast. ono
us'rct = said 70 possess the richest coal
measures "a tho world. Ono vein II IA
i'ct thick, another 30 feet and another
~ tect. All these seams aru within dis
uucc OF 200 yards. There arc seven coal
seams In ALL
ffv' Tninas, European physiolocisf.
has shown that vomiting Is the result ~
IRRITATION Of space IN the mc,lnlla OBJ.
iongaia about onc.hfth Of an inch long
and onc.twclfth wide. and believers thai
the brains OF niminauls, rodents aud
other non-Nomiting animals lack this
vomiting ccntcr.1
Cotton, according 20 scientific am.
thority. - not libcr. but plant hair.
II holds % DC spun into thread because
II peculiar twists in each hair, shown
nndor the microscope, especially in
polatilcd light inca thread may b.
spun hccanso tho flax hbers have certain
roughncss an their surface. which enable
then, 10 cling together Hence Il IL i'm
10 'sihlc 10 make as line linen NJ cotton
cloth. but u Is much stronger.
The German artillery has recently been
clrfyiug on series of successful expert.
mcnts m lighting forts with electricity.
with = view 20 facilitate bomharslmclst
at npht On tho practieing grounds.
near JntcFhogk, thirty six guns Of al tasl
iprcs frcenlly fired OF $500 shupnch
AMI other missiles under the electric liahg.
me distancc being from $500 tO 3, SOC
m'tefa The experiments took place In
the presence Of about eighty officers, IN.
clwdlng siN generals, Though the night
WIS very dark. the effect Of every ball
could be clearly seen
For years u hugo column OF black
smoke by day and lurid flames ~ night
rolled up from dense Florida swamp.
but no one penetrated the swamp fai
enough Ia discover the cause. Recently
young mgu noticed that theamoke aud
N'."' "''' disappeared, and hC deter
mined to try ind fud the spot where
they had been. With great labor lac
worked his way into tho swamp until ne
came upon large mound Of rent and
shattered rocks, which looked as though
they had been subjected 10 a terrific up.
hrnvni Their under sides were covered
with SCOT, and 80 were the crcyicos be-
tween but no smoke or heat was discov.
cred. Tho explorer decided that tie fre
was cnused BY the burning Of natural
oil well, which had burned itself out.
The story Of the poisoning Of Datoko
lake. IA Georgetown county, south
Carolina, by hailstorm. has been cor.
roboratcd by a citizen who investigated
the matter AZ tie request OF General
freely, chief ~ the signal service. The
lake ~ surrounded ~ dense mass II
black gum trees, the leaves 81 which are
strongly imprcgnhted with fannie acid.
The bottom Of the lako contains slight
deposit u iron The poisoning u the
water "a duo to The falling IN Of bruised
leaves and branches. tho fannie mid
emunating from which, mingled with
the iron, formed tannate OF iron. causing
the water 10 turn black and bitter -
qnnine, aud poisoning tile fishes by
thousands Tie only Dab thar survived
the singular disaster WIS the mud fish.